Hyderabad: Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain took four wickets each behind Ishan Kishan’s quickfire 91 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Monday. Chasing 217, RR slipped to 9 for five inside the first three overs and eventually settled for 159 in 19 overs, with Donovan Ferreira (69) and Ravindra Jadeja (45) putting on a 118-run sixth-wicket stand.
Earlier, Kishan was instrumental in lifting the SRH side that lost Abhishek Sharma (0) and Travis Head (18) early.
Kishan hit eight fours and six sixes to make 91 off just 44 balls as SRH made 216 for six.
SRH were also boosted by Heinrich Klaasen’s 26-ball 40, a quickfire 28 from Nitish Kumar Reddy and Salil Arora’s 13-ball 24 not out.
Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 216 for 6 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 91, Heinrich Klaasen 40; Jofra Archer 2/37) beat Rajasthan Royals 159 in 19 overs (Donovan Ferreira 69, Ravindra Jadeja Hungeins 45, 45/37; 4/24) by 57 runs.
